Machine for cooking sausages



0d. 20, .1931. Y C, OFFENHAUSER 1,827,902

MACHINE FOR COOKING SAUSAGES Filed June 2o, 1928 z'shets-sneer 1 Oct. 20, 1931. c. OFFENHAUSER MACHINE FOR COOKING SAUSAGES 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed June 20,

INVENTOR;

7 ATTORNEY.

YPatented Oct. 2G, 1931 UNi-,E- 5SH/Tief l iszieez freir oHRisrorHrii, OFFENHAUSER, or riiinniiniiriiiii, rENNsYLvANIn f s .MACHINE ron cookriis sAUsAGEs Application 1egi'inme2o,ie2s.` seriinolassess.)

'ln the cooking of sausages, especially of;

lThe objectof. his'inventionis to'dev'ise a l novel machine vfor cooking sausages in which the cooking surface will completelysurround the sausage so that it will be uniformly cooked to a desired degree.

A further 'object of this invention'is toy-ide.-

vise a novel machine for-'cooking sausages'inwhich a plurality :of vvcooking surfaces are employedv which' are relatively movable vand which contributer to formv cavities; or grooves,

n the walls'of-wliich rcompletely surround the y sausages whichjare to'be cooked. l

Afurther ob]ect'is topdevisea novel con-k struction andarrangementof an upper` and 'a' lower cooking member, and novel meansfor" effectingftlieir relative movement, andalso vnovel means for maintaining their lcooking surfaces at adesired temperature.

With the above and other objects in view as will hereinafter clearly appear, my invention comprehends a novel construction and 3" arrangement of a machine for cooking lsau- Y sages.

It furthei' compiehends a novel construction of a sausage cooker wherein novel upper and lower cooking members are employed which are adapted to be internally heated to maintain their cooking surfaces at a desired temperature, and novel means are provided for eecting the relative movement of said cooking members.-

4G" It further comprehends a novel construction and arrangement ofa cooking surface which will completely surround the articles being cooked. v

Other novel features of construction and :if advantage will hereinafter more clearly appear in the detailed description and the appended claim.

For the purpose. of'illustrating the 'inveiin? tion, I have shown in the accompanying drawings typical embodiments of" it, which,

in practice, will vgive reliableand satisfactory K4results.` Itis, however, to 'bei understood that these embodiments are typical only and that' the vvarious instrumentalities of which my invention consistsV can be variously ars 5' ranged `and organized, andthe finv'entioni's notrlimited to the precise arrangementand organization of these instrumentalities Y as herein'setforth.y Figure lis a front elevation of a machine -60' for cooking sausages embodying my invenfy Y Figure Q is an end'elevation'thereof.

Figure 3 isa section through the heatingA members in .their closedY position and vwith articles being 'cooked in their cavities. Figure lis asectional elevation of another.y embodiment of my. invention. j f

Figure 5 is, a sectional elevation of anotherC` i. embodiment of my'inventionf,v y v Similarnumerals of reference indicatepol*-` respondingpar'ts. v y Y i Referring to thev drawings Y ,v g

1-designates the supporting :frame of -a machine for cooking sausagesfeinbodying my invention. `The contourand arrangement of the supporting frame mayvary widely in.'

` practice and the forms shown are only for.

the` sake of yillustration' j-Tlie frame consists of end members which `arefconnected and braced by .thea-cross', rods 2, vin any desired or conventional,manner.v 'l

Referring rstto the embodin'ientseei'i-in Figures l, 2 and; the yframe l has mounted upon itinany ide'siredinanner, a lowercook- 85 ing member 3wliich is provided throughout its top and bottom faces with annular grooves Qr'cavities 4 and 5 respectively, such groovesI being substantially semi-circular in Across section ,g The upper cooking member 6 is, forl convenience of manufacture, of thesame con struction as that of the/lower"cookin'gniember '3, it beingseen fromQFigurel that its upper face isljprovided withthe grooves .or cavities lwhile 'its -lowerfacewhich formsr the cooking face is provided. witlithe grooves 0r CavtiesS- .,f It will thusbeseen that theQupperand low'erf cooking members can be `reversfed in position or interchanged anda cooking'sur# 10k p'ivotally connected face will beprovided when the two members are closed which will completely surround the articles which are being cooked, such as for example Frankfurters.

The cooking members may be opened and closed in any desired manner, and, for the purpose of lillust-ration, I have shown one.

manner.L off accomplishing this action, soithat the upper cooking member will be raised abovethe lower cooking member and be retained in its open position, as is desirable when the sausages are to be inserted into or removed from the machine. The-lower cook`N ing member 3 has pivotally connected at 11 to one end of a link 12, and also'to one end'of a link 13'.. The link l2 at its upper end is at 14 to theupper coorring member 6; l Y

The linkl atits outerend is eccentrically pivoted at l5 to the hub portionl ofaman.u

-\ uallyy actuatedhandle 17which latter is rotatably supported at 18,A on the machineframe. At eachside of the machine, the cooking mem'- bers are connecte/din a similar mannenwitli a system of links, as already described.V

19, designates a source oir'water supply, such as a tank from whichthe water flows by gravity through a valved controlconduit V20 into thelower cooking member 8,.'and'this conduit is provided` with a check valve 2l 'y which opens in theedirec-tion of'ow fromfthe tank 191 i V` The cooking members 3 and! 6' areeach in ternally chambered"` and their chambers-areconnected by thefii'exible Vhose22J. l

Asafety valve 23 is also preferably provided,"- and this may have`V a conventionalftype of `whistle actuated by thesteam escaping from the valve. The movable. cooking' memi ber. Gis preferably provided 'with' thehandles 24; The internal 'chambers may, ifdesired,

` which sausages 2 9i-are cOmpletelysurrOunded.

.be rein-forced' by having their opposite Walls may be employed to heat the lower cooking:-

member 3, andtherebythe water contained therein, so that the steam generated' will pass through `)flexible hoseV 22v intdthe internalj chamber or" the upper cooking.. member 6A toeifect the heating ofj its cookingV face.

In Figure, I have. shown the Imanner in by a'cooking surface, so that" the entiresurface oi' the sausage is properly cookeel- In the embodiment shown in Figure 4, the

cookingace of'thelower cookingjmember V with yreference toFigures .1 and 2. In this embodiment the articles to be cooked are mounted inthe grooves or corrugations of the tray or drawer 33 Whichrests onthe. upper face ofthe,lowerjcookingmember'@ and the tops of theV grooves are closed by the lower "face ofthe upper cooking member 31, when the latter isflowered.Y j Y' i.

In the `form shown in Figure 5 the juxtaposed facesY ofthe cooking members are corrugatedV as shownI atjll and 35 respectively while the upper face of the upper cooking member andthe.lower face ofthe lower cooking. member trennt-corrugated, i

In the forms: of. my invention shoV i in Ii`igures-l, 2,- .3 andl 5, I :providef an upper and a .lower cookingmember having; registering grooves or. cavities to. receive. the .articles` to be cooked sothat thesausagesgare rcompletely surrounded by a cookingisunface.U InFigure Y 4f the. sausages area alsosurroundedbya-cnoking. surface. A I

`IIaving thus described inventionfwhat I claim as new and desire.torse-curebyI Let ters Patent, is l In. a cooking machine, relatively,T movable cooking members-having,- intercommunicat.- i

ing` intern ali:v chambers, a1; watery supplyy 'comea municating with .oneZ of. said. chambers,` .each ofL said members--beingotthe sanne.y construcfl tion to render. theminterchangeable'and re versible, eachmemberf having opposite: faces provided withxgrooves-.fse thatx juxtaposed facesr when together:iiormfrecesses@A thel walls ofv which. `surroundlthe..articles being cooked; and means to. elect. relative movement ori-saidz members. l n

CHRISTOPHER QFFEN-HAUSER.

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